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Wednesday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Study shows more Sarasota-Manatee retirees are struggling economically
For older residents in Sarasota feeling a dramatic drop in their quality of life, experts have a message: You are not alone. In the five-county region of Sarasota, Manatee, DeSoto, Pinellas and Hillsborough counties, a recent study shows that people over the age of 65 make up the fastest-growing age group of residents living on the economic edge.
› Pasco EDC opens new innovation center
Pasco County's Economic Development Council and its SMARTstart Program, which supports entrepreneurs and start-ups, opened a new center in Holiday, the EDC says in a Monday news release. The West Pasco Entrepreneur Center is co-located within the new AmSkills Innovation Center, EDC officials say.
› Gen X discrimination by Enterprise, National, Alamo car rental in Florida, lawsuit says
The oldest Millennials and all Generation Xers weren’t welcome in a rental car company’s management training program, according to a Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit filed in Fort Lauderdale federal court. That rental car company is Enterprise Leasing Company of Florida, the arm of Enterprise Holdings that operates National, Alamo, National and Enterprise car rental companies throughout Florida.
› Poll finds support for moving jail out of downtown Jacksonville
Jacksonville residents support construction of a new jail and are positive about the job Mayor Donna Deegan and Sheriff T.K. Waters are doing, according to University of North Florida Public Opinion Research Lab Poll Jax Speaks Poll released Sept. 18. The poll of 511 registered voters was conducted Sept. 12-15.
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